Rig Veda Sukta 15
Mandala 10Sukta 1514 Mantras

Sukta 15

Sukta 10.15

Rishi

As RV 10.15 (Pitṛ hymn); specific rishi attribution uncertain without Anukramaṇī citation

Devata

Pitṛs (Fathers/ancestors)

Chandas

Triṣṭubh

RV 10.15 ເປັນຄຳສອບຜູ້ບູລຸດ (ບັນພະບຸລຸດ) ທີ່ເຮັນພິທີການເຊື້ນເຊີນບັນພະບຸລຸດ - ຊັ້ນຕ່ຳ, ຊັ້ນກາງ, ແລະ ຊັ້ນສູງ - ໃຫ້ລຸກຂຶ້ນມາຮ່ວມງານກັບຜູ້ມີຊີວິດ, ຟັງການຮຽກຮ້ອງຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າ ແລະ ຮັບເຄື່ອງບູຊາ. ມັນເຊື່ອມຕໍ່ໂລກຂອງບັນພະບຸລຸດກັບໂສມະ, ຣຕະ (ຄວາມສະເຫມີພາບຂອງຈັກກະວານ), ແລະ ການປົກຄອງຂອງຢາມະ, ຂໍຄວາມຄຸ້ມຄອງ, ພອນສັກດີ, ແລະ ເສັ້ນທາງຂອງລົມຫາຍໃຈທີ່ຊີ້ນໍາຢ່າງດີສຳລັບສິ່ງມີຊີວິດ.

Recitation with translationRig Veda 10.15

Mantras

Mantra 1

उदीरतामवर उत्परास उन्मध्यमाः पितरः सोम्यासः । असुं य ईयुरवृका ऋतज्ञास्ते नोऽवन्तु पितरो हवेषु ॥

ຂໍໃຫ້ບັນພະບູລິພະຍາຊັ້ນຕ່ຳຈົ່ງລຸກຂຶ້ນ, ຈົ່ງລຸກຂຶ້ນຊັ້ນສູງ, ຈົ່ງລຸກຂຶ້ນຊັ້ນກາງ, ຜູ້ທີ່ເພີດເພາະໃນໂສມະລົດ. ຜູ້ທີ່ໄປພ້ອມດ້ວຍລົມຫາຍໃຈ, ຜູ້ບໍ່ເປັນອັນຕະລາຍ, ຜູ້ຮູ້ຄວາມຈິງຂອງຣຕາ, ຂໍໃຫ້ບັນພະບູລິພະຍາເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນຈົ່ງຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອພວກເຮົາໃນການອັດຖານຂອງເຮົາ.

Mantra 2

इदं पितृभ्यो नमो अस्त्वद्य ये पूर्वासो य उपरास ईयुः । ये पार्थिवे रजस्या निषत्ता ये वा नूनं सुवृजनासु विक्षु ॥

ຄວາມເຄົາລົບນີ້ຈົ່ງມີແດ່ບັນພະບູລິພະຍາໃນມື້ນີ້: ຜູ້ທີ່ເປັນບູລຸກທີ່ສຸດ ແລະ ຜູ້ທີ່ໄປສູ່ຊັ້ນສູງກວ່າ. ຜູ້ທີ່ປະທັບຢູ່ໃນພາບຂອງໂລກ, ແລະ ຜູ້ທີ່ຢູ່ທ່າມກາງປະຊາຊົນຜູ້ມີຄວາມດີງາມ, ຂໍໃຫ້ທຸກຄົນຈົ່ງຮັບການນະມັດສະການຂອງເຮົາ.

Mantra 3

आहं पितॄन्त्सुविदत्राँ अवित्सि नपातं च विक्रमणं च विष्णोः । बर्हिषदो ये स्वधया सुतस्य भजन्त पित्वस्त इहागमिष्ठाः ॥

ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ຊອກພົບບັນພະບູລິພະຍາ, ຜູ້ທີ່ຊອກພົບຄວາມດີໄດ້ຢ່າງສະຫຼາດ; ແລະ ຜູ້ສືບທອດ, ແລະ ພະລັງການຍ່າງໃຫຍ່ຂອງພະວິສະນຸ. ຜູ້ທີ່ນັ່ງຢູ່ເທິງຫຍ້າສັກສິດ ແລະ ໄດ້ຮັບປະທານ, ດ້ວຍສິດຂອງຕົນເອງ, ເຄື່ອງດື່ມທີ່ຄັດເອົາ, ຂໍໃຫ້ຈົ່ງມາທີ່ນີ້ຢ່າງຮີບດ່ວນ.

Mantra 4

बर्हिषदः पितर ऊत्यर्वागिमा वो हव्या चकृमा जुषध्वम् । त आ गतावसा शंतमेनाथा नः शं योररपो दधात ॥

ບັນພະບູລິພະຍາຜູ້ນັ່ງເທິງບັນລັງສັກສິດ, ຈົ່ງມາໃກ້ພ້ອມດ້ວຍການຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອປົກປ້ອງ; ເຄື່ອງບູຊາເຫຼົ່ານີ້ພວກເຮົາໄດ້ກະກຽມໃຫ້ທ່ານ, ຈົ່ງຮັບປະທານດ້ວຍຄວາມປິຕິຍິນດີ. ຈົ່ງມາພ້ອມກັບການຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອທີ່ນໍາສັນຕິສຸກທີ່ສຸດ; ແລ້ວຈົ່ງສ້າງຄວາມສຸກ ແລະ ຄວາມຄົບຖ້ວນທີ່ບໍ່ບົກຜ່ອງໃຫ້ພວກເຮົາ.

Mantra 5

उपहूताः पितरः सोम्यासो बर्हिष्येषु निधिषु प्रियेषु । त आ गमन्तु त इह श्रुवन्त्वधि ब्रुवन्तु तेऽवन्त्वस्मान् ॥

ບັນພະບູລິພະຍາຜູ້ຖືກເອີ້ນໃຫ້ໃກ້, ຜູ້ທີ່ເພີດເພາະໃນໂສມະ, ຈົ່ງມາສູ່ຄັງສົມບັດທີ່ເປັນທີ່ຮັກແພງເຫຼົ່ານີ້ທີ່ວາງເທິງບັນລັງສັກສິດ. ຈົ່ງໃຫ້ພວກທ່ານມາຮອດ; ຈົ່ງໃຫ້ຟັງຢູ່ທີ່ນີ້; ຈົ່ງໃຫ້ກ່າວຄໍາສັ່ງຂອງທ່ານ; ຈົ່ງໃຫ້ປົກປ້ອງພວກເຮົາ.

Mantra 6

आच्या जानु दक्षिणतो निषद्येमं यज्ञमभि गृणीत विश्वे । मा हिंसिष्ट पितरः केन चिन्नो यद्व आगः पुरुषता कराम ॥

ງໍຂໍ້ຫຍໍ້ລົງນັ່ງທາງຂວາ ແລະ ສົມມົນຕີຢູ່ເທິງພິທີບູຊານີ້, ບັນພະບູລິພະຍາທຸກທ່ານ. ຈົ່ງຢ່າເຮັດໃຫ້ພວກເຮົາໄດ້ຮັບບາດເຈັບດ້ວຍວິທີໃດໆ, ບັນພະບູລິພະຍາ, ຍ້ອນຄວາມຜິດພາດໃດໆທີ່ພວກເຮົາອາດໄດ້ເຮັດຍ້ອນຂໍ້ຈໍາກັດຂອງມະນຸດ.

Mantra 7

आसीनासो अरुणीनामुपस्थे रयिं धत्त दाशुषे मर्त्याय । पुत्रेभ्यः पितरस्तस्य वस्वः प्र यच्छत त इहोर्जं दधात ॥

ນັ່ງຢູ່ໃນອົງຂອງແສງອຸສາ, ຈົ່ງວາງຣາຍິ, ຄວາມຄົບຖ້ວນຂອງການມີຊີວິດ, ໃຫ້ແກ່ຜູ້ປະທານ, ມະນຸດຜູ້ນັ້ນ. ບັນພະບູລິພະຍາ, ຈົ່ງຂະຫຍາຍຄວາມຮັ່ງມີນັ້ນໃຫ້ລູກຫຼານຂອງລາວ; ແລະ ຈົ່ງສ້າງຄວາມເຂັ້ມແຂງທີ່ເປັນສັດທາບົດໃຫ້ພວກເຂົາຢູ່ທີ່ນີ້.

Mantra 8

ये नः पूर्वे पितरः सोम्यासोऽनूहिरे सोमपीथं वसिष्ठाः । तेभिर्यमः संरराणो हवींष्युशन्नुशद्भिः प्रतिकाममत्तु ॥

ບັນພະບູລິພະຍາບູລຸກຂອງພວກເຮົາຜູ້ຕິດຕາມການດື່ມໂສມະ, ວາສິສະຖາທັມທັງຫຼາຍ, ພ້ອມກັບພວກເຂົາ, ຂໍໃຫ້ພະຍົມຈົ່ງຮັບປະທານເຄື່ອງບູຊາດ້ວຍຄວາມຊົມຊື່ນ, ປາຖະຫາພ້ອມກັບຜູ້ປາຖະຫາ, ຕາມຄວາມຕ້ອງການທີ່ແທ້ຈິງຂອງແຕ່ລະຄົນ.

Mantra 9

ये तातृषुर्देवत्रा जेहमाना होत्राविदः स्तोमतष्टासो अर्कैः । आग्ने याहि सुविदत्रेभिरर्वाङ्सत्यैः कव्यैः पितृभिर्घर्मसद्भिः ॥

ຜູ້ທີ່ເຕີບໃຫຍ່ແຂງແຮງໄປສູ່ພະເຈົ້າ, ມີຄວາມອົດຮ້ອນໃນການເຄື່ອນໄຫວ, ຜູ້ຮູ້ຄໍາສອນໃນການບູຊາ, ຜູ້ປັບແຕ່ງຄໍາສັງຂວັນດ້ວຍການຮ້ອງສົມທີ່ປາດຖະຫນາ, ພະອັຄະນີ, ຈົ່ງມາທີ່ນີ້ພ້ອມກັບບັນພະບູລິພະຍາຜູ້ຊອກພົບຄວາມດີໄດ້ຢ່າງສະຫຼາດ, ຜູ້ມີຄວາມຈິງ, ຜູ້ເປັນຮິສີ, ຜູ້ນັ່ງຢູ່ທາງໃກ້ຄວາມຮ້ອນທີ່ລໍ້າລວງ.

Mantra 10

ये सत्यासो हविरदो हविष्पा इन्द्रेण देवैः सरथं दधानाः । आग्ने याहि सहस्रं देववन्दैः परैः पूर्वैः पितृभिर्घर्मसद्भिः ॥

ຜູ້ທີ່ມີຄວາມຈິງຜູ້ກິນເຄື່ອງບູຊາ ແລະ ດື່ມເຄື່ອງຖວາຍ, ຜູ້ຂີ່ລົດສູດາດຽວກັນກັບພະອິນທະ ແລະ ພະເຈົ້າທັງຫຼາຍ, ພະອັຄະນີ, ຈົ່ງມາພ້ອມກັບພັນທັງຫຼາຍ, ຜູ້ສັນລະນາພະເຈົ້າ, ບັນພະບູລິພະຍາຜູ້ໄກແລະບູຮານຜູ້ນັ່ງຢູ່ໃນຄວາມຮ້ອນທີ່ລໍ້າລວງ.

Mantra 11

अग्निष्वात्ताः पितर एह गच्छत सदःसदः सदत सुप्रणीतयः । अत्ता हवींषि प्रयतानि बर्हिष्यथा रयिं सर्ववीरं दधातन ॥

ພໍ່ເທວາຜູ້ທີ່ອັຄນີໄດ້ກະທໍາໃຫ້ເໝາະສົມສໍາລັບການຖວາຍ, ຈົ່ງມາສູ່ທີ່ນີ້; ຈົ່ງນັ່ງໃນບັນລັງຕ່າງໆ, ຜູ້ທີ່ຖືກນໍາພາດ້ວຍຄວາມດີ. ຈົ່ງບໍລິໂພກຂອງຖວາຍທີ່ວາງໄວ້ເທິງບັນລັງສັກສິດ; ຈາກນັ້ນຈົ່ງສ້າງຕັ້ງໃນພວກເຮົາຊັບພະຍາກອນທີ່ສົມບູນດ້ວຍພະລັງວິລະຊົນ.

Mantra 12

त्वमग्न ईळितो जातवेदोऽवाड्ढव्यानि सुरभीणि कृत्वी । प्रादाः पितृभ्यः स्वधया ते अक्षन्नद्धि त्वं देव प्रयता हवींषि ॥

ທ່ານ, ອັຄນິ, ຜູ້ຖືກສວນຍໍເປັນຊາຕາເວທັດ, ໄດ້ນໍາເອົາຂອງຖວາຍລົງມາ, ເຮັດໃຫ້ມັນຫອມຫວນແລະເໝາະສົມ. ທ່ານໄດ້ມອບມັນໃຫ້ພໍ່ເທວາດ້ວຍພະລັງຂອງສວະທາ; ພວກເຂົາໄດ້ບໍລິໂພກແລ້ວ, ບັດນີ້ທ່ານກໍຈົ່ງບໍລິໂພກຂອງຖວາຍທີ່ວາງໄວ້ເຊັ່ນກັນ, ເທບະເຈົ້າ.

Mantra 13

ये चेह पितरो ये च नेह याँश्च विद्म याँ उ च न प्रविद्म । त्वं वेत्थ यति ते जातवेदः स्वधाभिर्यज्ञं सुकृतं जुषस्व ॥

ບໍ່ວ່າພໍ່ເທວາຈະຢູ່ທີ່ນີ້ຫຼືບໍ່ຢູ່ທີ່ນີ້, ຜູ້ທີ່ພວກເຮົາຮູ້ແລະຜູ້ທີ່ພວກເຮົາບໍ່ຮູ້ຢ່າງຊັດເຈນ, ທ່ານຮູ້ຈັກພວກເຂົາ, ຊາຕາເວທັດ, ຕາມຄວາມເປັນຈິງຂອງພວກເຂົາ. ດ້ວຍພະລັງຂອງສວະທາ, ຈົ່ງຍອມຮັບແລະຊົມຊື່ນໃນການຖວາຍທີ່ປະຕິບັດສໍາເລັດດີນີ້.

Mantra 14

ये अग्निदग्धा ये अनग्निदग्धा मध्ये दिवः स्वधया मादयन्ते । तेभिः स्वराळसुनीतिमेतां यथावशं तन्वं कल्पयस्व ॥

ຜູ້ທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບການຊໍາລະລ້າງໂດຍໄຟແລະຜູ້ທີ່ບໍ່ໄດ້ຮັບການຊໍາລະລ້າງໂດຍໄຟ, ຜູ້ທີ່ມີຄວາມສຸກໃນໂລກກາງຂອງສະຫວັນດ້ວຍພະລັງຂອງສັບພະສິ່ງທີ່ແທ້ຈິງຂອງຕົນເອງ, ກັບພວກເຂົາ, ຜູ້ປົກຄອງຕົນເອງ, ຈົ່ງສ້າງຮ່າງກາຍສໍາລັບສິ່ງມີຊີວິດນີ້ຕາມເສັ້ນທາງທີ່ນໍາໜ້າໄປສູ່ຊີວິດ, ແລະ ສ້າງຮູບແບບຕາມກົດໝາຍຂອງການເປັນຂອງມັນເອງ.

Inside Sukta 15

How it unfolds

  1. Where it opens

    A formal summons: the Fathers of all stations (lower, higher, middle) are called to rise and assist the living in their invocations.

  2. Development

    The hymn identifies the Pitṛs as Soma-enjoyers and ṛta-knowers, worthy recipients of offerings; it expands the rite into a communion across generations, with Yama as associated authority.

  3. Climax

    The request that Yama, together with the ancient Fathers, joyfully partake of the offerings “according to each true need,” aligning desire with right order.

  4. Where it settles

    A comprehensive closing prayer: whether fire-purified or not, all Fathers who rejoice by svadhā are asked to aid the soul’s onward-leading life-path and to shape embodiment according to its own lawful becoming.

The deity: Pitṛs

  • In the VedaThe Pitṛs are the departed forefathers who have “gone with the life-breath,” are harm-less and ṛta-knowers, and who enjoy Soma and svadhā in their own realm. They are invited to rise, sit on the ritual grass, and partake of offerings, often in Yama’s company.
  • Cosmic functionThey form the ancestral order that bridges generations, maintaining continuity between the living community and the post-mortem world; they also model the righteous path (ṛta) and transmit blessing, protection, and fertility/fortune to descendants.
  • Inner significanceRepresents memory, gratitude, lineage, and the inner ‘root’ of identity; psychologically, the Pitṛs signify inherited wisdom and ethical continuity, and spiritually they point to the ordered transition of life-breath and embodiment beyond death.

The seer

  • Anukramaṇī attribution uncertain (Pitṛ-yajña / Yama–Pitṛ cycle; often connected with Vasiṣṭha tradition)Likely Vasiṣṭha-related (Vasiṣṭha-gotra) in later tradition; exact rishi varies by Anukramaṇī recension · Associated with the Pitṛ (ancestor) liturgy in Mandala 10, articulating a structured invocation of the departed across cosmic levels and integrating Soma, ṛta, and Yama into funerary/ancestor-rite theology.

Famous verses

ud īratām avara ut parāsaḥ ("let the lower and the higher rise")
Verse 10.15.1Programmatic opening that enumerates the threefold Pitṛ-host (lower/middle/higher) and defines them as harmless ṛta-knowers who can protect descendants when invoked.Read verse 10.15.1 →
yamaḥ saṃrarāṇo havīṃṣy attu ("may Yama, rejoicing, partake of the offerings")
Verse 10.15.8Explicitly links the ancestral communion with Soma-following Fathers and introduces Yama as the rejoicing participant who receives offerings in harmony with rightful desires.Read verse 10.15.8 →
ye agnidagdhā ye anagnidagdhā ("those burned by fire and those not burned")
Verse 10.15.14A culminating, inclusive vision of the departed (fire-cremated and non-cremated) rejoicing by svadhā, paired with a prayer for the guided course of life-breath and proper formation of embodiment.Read verse 10.15.14 →

Attributes of the deity

  • Threefold grouping (lower/middle/higher)
  • Soma-delighting (somyāsaḥ)
  • Knowers of ṛta (ṛtajñāḥ)
  • Recipients of svadhā
  • Protective and beneficent toward descendants
  • Connected with Yama as ruler/guide of the departed

Also by this seer

  • Related Pitṛ/Yama-themed hymns in RV Mandala 10 (traditionally grouped in the funerary-ritual sphere)
  • Vasiṣṭha-family corpus broadly (RV 7) is famed for hymns to Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, and the moral-cosmic vision of ṛta (family attribution; not a strict claim for every verse here)

The rite, step by step

  • Purify and light the ritual fire (Agni) as the carrier of offerings and the boundary-marker between worlds.
  • Prepare a Pitṛ-seat (barhis/kuśa) and ritually invite the Fathers to ‘rise’ and arrive—lower, middle, and higher.
  • Offer oblations with svadhā-formulae, requesting the Pitṛs to hear the calls and grant help.
  • Invoke the earlier Fathers who followed Soma; acknowledge Yama’s presence as the orderly governor of the departed.
  • Conclude by requesting well-being for the living: protection, right ordering of life-breath (asu), and proper formation/continuity of embodied life according to ṛta.

Offerings

  • Piṇḍa/food portions (in later continuity)
  • Ghee and cooked offering (caru)
  • Soma/pressing symbolism or Soma-related libation where applicable
  • Water/refreshment offerings
  • Svadhā-invoked oblations to the Pitṛs

Frequently Asked Questions

It is a hymn inviting the ancestors (Pitṛs) to come, receive offerings, and protect the living. It also connects the ancestor-world with Soma, ṛta (cosmic order), and Yama.

It poetically organizes the departed into levels or groups, implying a complete ancestral host across realms. The point is to invite all ancestors—near and far, recent and ancient—without omission.

It refers to those who were cremated (“burned by fire”) and those who were not. The verse widens the prayer so that all departed ancestors, regardless of funerary circumstance, are included in the rite and blessing.

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